I’m a big fan of the 90’s. The music, the pop culture, the plaid; I like it all. One of my favourite things about that decade was the proliferation of films that could best be described as “Die Hard in _____”. For a while it seems like every action movie would fall into the template […]
There have been many actors who have tried to muster and maintain the true essence of a gangster. Some that come to mind are Robert DeNiro, Chazz Palminteri, James Cagney, Al Pacino, James Caan and Joe Pesci. But there is one in particular who is not mentioned as much but who truly captures the aura […]
After seeing Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained for a second time, a handful of my questions have been answered while others are left to marinate. Generally with Tarantino films, most nontraditional aspects are offered as tribute to classic films. For Django, the veteran director screened films such as Sergio Leone’s For a Few Dollars More, Brian De […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 Cinema Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. In honour of the Oscar Argo is about to win, we thought we’d celebrate the night by publishing our Exclusive Interview with one of its most intriguing stars. Scoot McNairy’s beautifully conflicted turn as trapped “houseguest” Joe […]
I’ve read a lot of reviews that describe Gangster Squad as all style, no substance. I think that’s being too kind. The style of gangster squad isn’t up to par either. The costuming is a feat of nature, the make up spot on, and the set dressing is some of the most gorgeous I’ve ever […]
Top 10 lists are marvelous beasts, revealing substantially more about the reviewer than they do about this year in filmed fiction. It’s one of my favorite reasons to do them – each year’s Top 10 List serves as a tiny autobiography of this year in Me. Without further ado, here’s my Top 10 Films for […]
If you haven’t read Part I of this over-written countdown, you should go do that now (I worked hard on these!). I’ll wait…. … … … … … Are you back? Okay, here’s Part II. It’s got two relatively small films, two massive world-wide blockbusters, and one new release featuring the breakout star of […]
2012 has been a Fantastic year for movies. Along the way some of the expected greats fell a little short- The Dark Knight Rises with its twist-oriented plotting turned out to be not even a shadow of its similarly titled predecessor, Magic Mike tried to be two films at once and managed to be neither, […]